![]() ![]() I thought I'd give some of the contributors to my anthology The Doll Collection their say as to inspiration, as the new dolls they've created are damn scary. Levine music by Jerry Goldsmith released by 20th. ![]() When I thought about the creepiest dolls in literature, I immediately remembered Richard Matheson's Zuni warrior doll (mentioned below). MAGIC, directed by Richard Attenborough, screenplay by William Goldman, based on his novel produced by Joseph E. The "valley" in question refers to the change in our comfort with these objects - our comfort level increases as the objects look more human, until, suddenly, they look simultaneously too human and not quite human enough, and our comfort level drops off sharply, only to rise again on the other side of the valley when something appears and moves exactly like a human being. ![]() Why might that be? Dolls often reside in "the uncanny valley" a phrase that refers to a theory developed by robotics professor Masahiro Mori in 1970: it posits that objects with features that are human-like, that look and move almost, but not quite, like actual human beings, elicit visceral feelings of revulsion in many people. I'm rarely creeped out by most dolls, either in real life or in literature, but I know many people who are. I am a collector of dolls and doll parts. ![]()
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